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Wisconsin Sports Network and WisSports.net are happy to announce Onalaska's Adam Skifton as the 2023 recipient of the Dave Krieg Award as the most outstanding senior quarterback in Wisconsin, part of the WSN Senior Football Awards.

Adam Skifton leads the state with 2,944 passing yards as the Hilltoppers ended up sharing the Mississippi Valley Conference crown. The two-year starter completed 66.9% of his passes with 39 touchdowns and five interceptions, good for a 128.9 passer rating.

"He's the best I've coached here and we have had a long string of good quarterbacks," said head coach Tom Yashinsky. "Between rushing and passing he has accounted for around 90% of our touchdowns. In the past our quarterbacks have had some inflated completion percentages with jet sweeps being tossed forward, that isn't the case this year, we hardly ever run that play. His intermediate accuracy is unbelievable."

In two years guiding the Hilltoppers' offense as the starter, Skifton threw for 5,635 yards with 69 touchdowns, finishing with a 127.8 quarterback rating.

The Augustana (SD) commit was recently announced as a WFCA Large School All-State selection.

Finalists for the award were Skifton, Ben Fritsch of Port Washington, Tyler Hatcher of Sussex Hamilton, Kasey Helgeson of Mount Horeb/Barneveld, and Drew Kavanaugh of Sun Prairie East.

Past winners of the award include Oshkosh West's Trey Demler (2009), Franklin's Lance Baretz (2010), West De Pere's Jay Tollefson (2011), Watertown's Tarek Yaeggi (2012), Xavier's Matt Ferris (2013), Brown Deer's Zack Baun (2014), Amherst's Garrett Groshek (2015), Kimberly's Danny Vanden Boom (2016), Franklin's Max Alba (2017), Kimberly's Cody Staerkel (2018), La Crosse Central's Johnny Davis (2019), Lake Mills' Adam Moen (2020), Franklin's Myles Burkett (2021), and Sun Prairie East's Jerry Kaminski.

The award is named after Dave Krieg, a graduate of D.C. Everest High School who went on to star at Milton College and later in the National Football League. Krieg ranks in the Top 12 in NFL history in career pass attempts, completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times in his 12-year career.

The voting panel for the WSN Senior Football Awards consisted of:  Travis Wilson, WSN General Manager and Head Football Writer;  Norbert Durst, WSN Content Manager; Dennis Semrau, ESPN Madison; Bob Brainerd, Thursday Night Throwdown broadcaster; Jimmie Kaska, Civic Media; Dan Barwick, WSN Contributor; Colton Wilson, WSN Content Producer; Fan Vote

Travis Wilson serves as the WisSports.net General Manager, Football Editor, and contributing writer for other parts of the site. Wilson was selected as part of the Sports 40 Under 40 list by Coach & AD Magazine and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association for 2019. The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) named Travis the 2015 recipient of the Dave McClain Distinguished Service Award. He currently serves on the WFCA Executive Board and is a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. A graduate of Richland Center High School and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Travis was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, baseball, basketball), inducted to the Richland Center High School Hall of Fame in 2023, and currently resides in Reedsburg. You can follow him on Twitter at @travisWSN.

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